First aid should be part of every rider's basic knowledge.
Equine veterinarian Anke Rusbuldt provides handy tips on what to do in an emergency, and how you can make the best use of the time while waiting for the vet.
First Aid For My Horse describes how to assess situations correctly and how to react carefully and skillfully to each one. Rusbuldt provides step-by-step, illustrated instructions on:
- Avoiding emergencies
- Assessing the patient
- Bandaging
- Treating wounds
- Handling fractures
- Managing digestive problems
In addition, there are special sections on specific first-aid treatments for azoturia (tying up), laminitis, tetanus, shock, heatstroke, urticaria (hives), foaling, burns, trailer accidents, and casting. A final chapter deals with making the hardest choice of all - when it is time to euthanize a horse.
First Aid For My Horse is an excellent primer and resource for learning how to prevent emergency situations, and what to do when one arises.

* Will appeal to every horse owner concerned for the welfare of his or her animal* Similar books, such as the Horse's Health Bible, have sold over 27,000 copiesHorse owners constantly need to update their understanding of their horse's health and to understand the actions of their vet in order to make informed decisions and to protect the health of their animal. With this helpful guide, readers will find information on the ten most common syndromes a busy equine vet is faced with--from colic and lameness, to skin disease and heart disease--along with thorough advice on dealing with them successfully. Owners will find the sections, lists, and tables in this guide both easily readable and infinitely helpful.

This book introduces the reader to the anatomy of the horse's respiratory tract and discusses the diagnostic methods and treatments usually used today.

In depth diagnosis and treatment of the most common problem affecting horses' health. Written by a veterinary expert with current hands-on experience and the latest research in care and rehabilitation This book is a thorough examination of all causes of lameness, the most common and frustrating problem faced by horse owners. Lameness is the primary cause for a horse to be out of action and unrideable. Its cause can be difficult to diagnose and the problem can drag on for weeks, months or even years if the treatment is wrong. All horses are occasionally lame from the regularly ridden and competed horse to the pony left in the field and only ridden at weekends. Its causes are diverse and many ranging from a simple briused sole to difficult to treat tendon injuries and potentially fatal laminitis. All horse owners need to be able to assess lameness, even a small wound can result in the death of a horse if it leads to an infected joint. On the other hand, horse owners can hardly afford to call out the vet everytime their horse stumbles and tweaks a muscle when out in the field.This book gives readers the skills they need to understand the causes of lamness and make well informed decisions on how to address the problem

Drs. Diana Hassel and Vanessa Cook have put together an expert team of authors focused on emergency and critical care topics. Articles include: Field Triage of the Neonatal Foal, CPR in the neonatal foal: has RECOVER changed our approach?, Update on the management of neonatal sepsis, SIRS or endotoxemia?, Ultrasound of the equine acute abdomen, Evaluation of the colic: Decision for referral, The utility of lactate in critically ill adults and neonates, Crystalloid and colloid therapy, Acute hemorrhage and blood transfusions, Coagulopathies, and more!

Why Adopt a Horse? Rescue horses deserve a second chance, and horse lovers have the satisfaction of knowing they can save a horse's life by providing a good home. There is also a wide selection of horses to choose from. Just about every breed of equines is available for adoption at different rescue facilities, from tiny Shetland ponies to massive Belgian work horses.
Many equine athletes are ready and waiting to begin second careers. Retired thoroughbred racehorses have been successfully retrained for second careers as show horses. Standardbred harness-racing horses have been retrained and shown successfully in everything from dressage classes to team-penning. Retired show horses often have second careers as family horses, and they make excellent companions for novice adults and children.
--from Chapter One

Just as more and more people are embracing a more natural approach to their health and wellbeing, many horse owners are turning to ways they can use natural therapies with their horses. A Healthy Horse the Natural Way is the complete complementary approach to horse health, covering: herbs, massage, aromatherapy, homeopath, Bach flower remedies, biochemic tissue salts, vibrational healing/energy fields and perhaps, most importantly, how and when to use a combination of these therapies and when to use them in conjunction with veterinary treatment. This practical handbook will add new dimensions to your horse's health and sense of well-being, and help you develop an increasingly harmonious relationship with your horse. (7 x 9 1/4, 240 pages, b&w photos, illustrations) Catherine Bird has led the development of equine natural therapies in Australia and is in worldwide demand as a practitioner, lecturer, and teacher. Her extensive experience is founded on many years of working with dressage, jumping, eventing, endurance, pony club, and international-level competition horses, old companion horses, and thoroughbred horses from newborn foals to all stages of track racing, mounted police horses, and balloted mounts at the 2000 Paralympic games. She is a regular contributor to magazines and lives in Australia.

Just as more and more people are embracing a natural approach to their health and well-being, many horse owners are turning to ways they can use natural therapies with their horses. A Healthy Horse the Natural Way provides a complete approach to horse health, covering: herbs, massage, aromatherapy, homeopathy, Bach flower remedies, biochemic tissue salts, vibrational healing/energy fields, and perhaps, most important, how and when to use a combination of these therapies and when to use them in conjunction with veterinary treatment.
Natural therapies can improve your horse's vitality and quality of life, bring balance to the body systems and emotions, help prevent illness, and assist in the long-tem management of chronic diseases. This practical handbook will help you interpret your horse's health issues as they arise, and go beyond merely treating the symptoms to find the underlying cause.

This issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice focuses on Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. Editors Sarah Reuss and Berkley Chesen have assembled a team of expert authors on such topics as: Update on Non-Infectious Inflammatory Diseases, Update on Streptococcus equi subspecies equi Infections, Update on Bacterial Pneumonia and Pleuropneumonia in the Adult Horse, Update on Bacterial Pneumonia in the Foal and Weanling, Update on Viral diseases of the Equine Respiratory Tract, Update on Fungal Pneumonia in the Equine, Update on Interstitial Pneumonia, Update on Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage, Diagnostic Imaging of the Upper Airway, Update on Disorders and Treatment of the Pharynx, and more!

The Handbook of Equine Emergencies is a concise, easy-to-follow practical guide to how to deal with a range of equine emergencies likely to be encountered by clinicians both in the UK and abroad. It is primarily aimed at new graduates and veterinarians who do not deal with equine emergencies on a regular basis, but will also appeal to more experienced equine practitioners who want a quick update on a specific subject area or practical technique. The Handbook is highly portable and contains a large number of colour images, diagrams and tables as well as handy tips and key points to remember. An overview of the basics of dealing with equine emergencies is followed by a convenient organ-based approach. The book includes invaluable information on infectious diseases and specialized emergency situations such as trapped horses or stable fires, and a how-to section gives concise but detailed descriptions of how to perform a number of diagnostic investigations. The Handbook is accompanied by a mobile-optimized website that presents audio, video and text files for quick reprisal via phone or tablet while on-the-go. The website also includes additional colour images that are relevant to specific emergency situations covered in the book. Suitable for all veterinary clinicians seeing horses Concise and practical layout and content Videos, audio, text summaries and images all accessible via your mobile device More than 150 full colour unique images

This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice, guest edited by Dr. Ramiro Toribio in collaboration with Consulting Editor Dr. Thomas Divers, is devoted to Diseases of Donkeys and Mules. Topics include: Endocrine and metabolic disorders of donkeys; Gastrointestinal disorders of donkeys and mules; Clinical pathology of donkeys; Genetics, evolution, physiology in donkeys/mules; Nutrition and malnutrition; Donkey and mule welfare; Dermatological disorders of donkeys/mules; Anesthesia, analgesia, and sedation in donkeys/mules; Dental disorders of donkeys; Clinical evaluation and preventative care of the donkey; Respiratory disorders of donkeys; Donkey and mule behavior; Clinical Pharmacology of donkeys; Key aspects of donkey and mule reproduction; and Foot Care and Practical Farriery for the Donkey.

Key aspects on the diagnosis and management of lameness caused by muscle, tendon, joint and bone related disorders in sport horses will be presented in this book. Topics included are among others: Deep digital flexor tendon lesions in the fetlock region: Diagnosis; Results of the treatment of the causes of distension of the deep digital flexor tendon; Superficial digital flexor tendonitis: Diagnosis. Management of superficial digital flexor tendonitis; Proximal suspensory desmitis in fore- and hindlimbs: Diagnosis. Management of proximal suspensory desmitis in fore- and hindlimbs; How are tendon injuries tackled in human athletes? Osteoarthritis and traumatic joint disease: Diagnosis. Management of osteoarthritis and joint disease; How is osteoarthritis and traumatic joint disease managed in human athletes? Monitoring training and disease of Thoroughbreds in the UK. Physiotherapeutic options for the prevention and management of skeletal disorder.

Lusi and Davies have provided an excellent reference resource for students and graduates alike. The number of well-defined, relevant and clear images allow quick understanding for anyone interested in the fascial anatomy of the horse. This small book is perfect to have in your bag, allowing the student or clinician to find all the information they need on-site. - Sophie Neasham, final year veterinary student, University of Veterinary Medicine in Kosice, Slovakia Key features: The first book in equine anatomy to illustrate the fascial (soft connective tissue) connections of the equine forelimb. Clear, high-quality images (with reference images included on each page) help readers identify aspects of the limb photographed. A brief introduction to the forelimb musculoskeletal anatomy (with images) helps readers familiarize themselves with muscles and bones portrayed in photographs. Focused discussions highlight the practical applicability of the fascial connections illustrated. Accompanying video clips demonstrate connectivity of the fascial system particular lines of tension. The first of its kind in equine anatomy, this clear, concise anatomical guide illustrates the fascial (soft connective tissue) connections of the equine forelimb. Based on dissections of fresh equine cadaver limbs, it provides a visual map for equine physical therapists, veterinarians and horse riders, helping them to understand how pathologies, injuries, or movement abnormalities of the equine forelimb arise and/or progress from one area of the limb to another. The fascial system is one of the primary systems acted upon by equine physiotherapists and is of increasing interest to horse riders looking to achieve structural integration and balanced movement in their horse. With this in mind, key points in each chapter highlight everyday situations in which knowledge of the fascial system may assist in understanding horse movement and injury. This practically applicable anatomical atlas is the ideal reference for horse owners, body workers and veterinarians alike.

Put yourself in the box seat at exam time ... The days of cramming dry anatomical facts are over. It's time to look at anatomy as an opportunity to appreciate a fascinating world of relationships and interconnections. Featuring: The complete spectrum of systematic and topographic anatomy: clearly structured and vividly presented, featuring superb high-quality images A combined text and atlas: takes into account a variety of species, an ideal resource for developing a comprehensive understanding of anatomical structures and relationships Integrated sectional anatomy and contemporary diagnostic imaging: a window into the application of anatomy in diagnostics Highlights you won't want to miss: A new chapter on avian anatomy: the fundamental structural features of birds, at a glance Over 1100 exceptional images: anatomical specimens and histological images, thin slice plastinations, colour schematics, diagnostic imaging, sectional anatomy Numerous references to clinical and applied anatomy: including equine endoscopy, arthrocentesis, examination of the udder, rectal examination and laparotomy A unique bonus: CT, MRI and ultrasonographic images Bringing anatomy to life!

Cutting edge information for all equine practitioners on regenerative medicine Topics will include embryonic stem cells and iPS cells, mesenchymal progenitor cells, collection and propagation methods for mesenchymal progenitor cells, mechanisms of cell-mediated repair and regeneration, anti-inflammatory and immuno-modulatory activities of stem cells, cell-based therapies for equine joint disease, cell-based therapies for tendon and ligament injuries, cell-based therapies for bone repair, cell-based therapies; what's the current evidence?, legal issues relating to cell-based therapies in the horse, and more

The most expensive thirty seconds in sports. Every year, on Valentine's Day, the great Thoroughbred farms open their breeding sheds and begin their primary business. For the next one hundred and fifty days, the cries of stallions and the vigorous encouragement of their handlers echo through breeding country, from the gentle hills of Kentucky to the rich valleys of California. Stud takes you into this strange and seductive world. We move from Lexington's Overbrook Farm, where the world's leading sire, Storm Cat, a lightly raced eighteen-year-old, brings in around thirty million dollars a year; to the auction halls, where sheiks and Irish bookies (known more casually as the Doobie Brothers and the Boys) bid millions for Storm Cat's well-bred offspring. We visit Three Chimneys, where the twenty-seven-year-old Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, a senior citizen by equine standards, makes a rousing return to active duty after spinal surgery, and stroll through Running Horse Farm, on the banks of the Rio Grande, where a nearly unmanageable colt, Devil Begone, has found peace and prosperity servicing desert mares like Patty O'Furniture. Cheap stud, top stud, old stud, wild stud, from the Hall of Fame horse to the harem stallion with his feral herd, Stud looks at intimate acts in idyllic settings (and the billion-dollar business behind them), providing a voyeuristic glimpse of just how human the equine world can be.

The New-England farrier or, A compendium of farriery in four parts: wherein most of the diseases to which horses, neat cattle, sheep and swine are incident, are treated of with medical and surgical observations thereon. The remedies. This book, "The New-England farrier or, A compendium of farriery in four parts," by Paul Jewett, is a replication of a book originally published before 1826. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

This is a detailed guide to medicinal herbs for horses and how they can help in the treatment of a wide range of common ailments. The guide provides an A to Z of common ailments - from allergies to wounds - which can be effectively and safely treated using herbal medicine. It draws on research in herbal medicine as well as in traditional plant-based remedies. Throughout, the author underlines the importance of veterinary consultation, explaining how herbs can be used to complement conventional methods. To provide background information, a materia medica lists the properties of 50 readily obtainable herbs, giving details on habitat, collection, actions and uses, along with folklore and case histories. The author also discusses several non-herbal products, such as vinegar and yoghurt. There are guidelines on how to make herbal preparations, and how to use herbs in compresses and poultices. Advice is given on how remedies are selected and dosages determined, bearing in mind that most herbs take time to bring about a healing reaction. In the final part of the handbook the author describes a range of alternative therapies which can be used alongside conventional or herbal medicine.

With An Explanation Of The Symptoms Attending The Different Disorders And The Shortest, Plainest And Most Humane Methods Of Curing Them. Directions Judging Of The Horse's Age, And Useful Observations On The Breeding, Raising And Training Of Colts. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

What every horse owner should know about this important and often misunderstood part of the horse's anatomy, including:
The anatomy of the horse's mouth and tooth structures
Determining age by looking at the teeth
The first course of action for injuries
Diseases and disorders of the teeth and mouth
When, why, and how the teeth should be examined
Alternative treatment options
An overview of the dentist's equipment
Case studies
A handy reference chart to help identify the causes of common symptoms
Straight from the horse's mouth.
What do a horse's teeth consist of?
How can you tell a horse's age?
What happens in the mouth of a horse?
When should a dental examination take place?
What alternative therapies can be used for problems with teeth?
Problems with riding and feeding, as well as recurring colics, can all be related to trouble with horses' teeth. Just as with humans, regular dental examinations are a must for horses. Equine dentistry is a specialized area, but one with which all horse owners and those who care for horses should be acquainted. The kinds of problems that can affect horses' teeth, how to recognize them and how to avoid them, together with the techniques and types of instruments used for dental treatment, are the subject of this book, which will be of interest to veterinary practitioners and horse owners alike.
This book should not be missing from any horse lover's library.